title: When to worry about incidental renal and adrenal masses.
abstract: Greater use of imaging has led to a corresponding rise in the detection of renal and adrenal incidentalomas-and left many primary care physicians unsure of what to do about the masses they've found.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Department, Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, USA. Email: James.Higgins@med.navy.mil.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed